Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Country


Read by Laurie Anne Walden

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This is a collection of poems about Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. DuBose Heyward was a Charleston native best known for his novel Porgy, which was the basis for the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. Hervey Allen, who later wrote Anthony Adverse, met Heyward after moving to Charleston to teach. Together they founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which is still active today. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) (1 hr 52 min)

Chapters

Acknowledgments and Preface 4:18 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Seance at Sunrise; Silences; Presences 8:32 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Pirates 11:36 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Sewees of Sewee Bay; La Fayette Lands 8:56 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Priest and the Pirate: A Ballad of Theodosia Burr 9:51 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Palmetto Town; Carolina Spring Song 3:20 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Last Crew 12:00 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Landbound; Two Pages from the Book of the Sea Islands 8:00 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Modern Philosopher; Upstairs-Downstairs; Hag-hollerin' Time; Macabre in Macaws;… 8:43 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Edgar Allan Poe; Alchemy; Osceola 5:47 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Magnolia Gardens; Middleton Garden 6:40 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Goose Creek Voice; The Leaping Poll 6:07 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Blockade Runner 10:31 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Beyond Debate; Marsh Tackies; Back River; Dusk 8:27 Read by Laurie Anne Walden